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Tyson Foods Inc v Bouaphakeo

577 U.S. 442 (2016)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year2016
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Statistical sampling and representative evidence may be used to establish classwide liability in FLSA donning-and-doffing class actions where individual evidence is unavailable.

Key Principle

class action; representative evidence (statistical sampling) permissible at class level for FLSA donning and doffing claims

Area of Law

procedure

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